⁸ Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Harum’s son Aharhel.

⁹ Jabez enjoyed more honor than his relatives—his mother named him Jabez, she said, “because I bore him in pain.”^[a]

¹⁰ Later on, Jabez called on the God of Israel, asking him,^[b] “…whether you would bless me again and again, enlarge my territory, keep your power^[c] with me, keep me from evil, and keep me from harm!” And God granted what he had requested.